 Poster: A snowHead
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Chamonix, because it's just, wel, outside. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I tend to find somewhere that I really like and stick with it for a couple of seasons and then move on.
There are some places that I would always go back to...but I like to see what the place has to offer behind what you can see from the 1st couple of days. Somewhere that has a bit of soul...which generally means not a big place. Chamonix is big but it has a vibe and energy about it and so therefore not typical. You don't want to get caught up with the drones on the GM and if you are bored in Chamonixs, well, you're sick or injured.
The real trick is not to have a popular favourite, IMV
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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ami in berlin, yes, must apologise for the behaviour of some of our countrymen. I have rarely seen any kind of offensive behaviour in my favourite resort, but maybe that's because I don't stay there for the Paris holidays; some of the locals do complain about the behaviour of young Parisians.
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Winter: My favourite resort is the one I'm about to go to/at/just been to I'd find it easier to pick my least favourite!
Summer: Bowles or Milton Keynes!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Very limited experience, but out of the three I've visited I left my heart and soul in VT. It was for more reasons than just the resort though and had a lot to do with the company of a 100 or so assorted Snowheads  and the fact that it qualifies as the place I started to really ski and enjoy the process.
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pam w, totally agree with you on the Brit thing - I look to avoid Brits as much as possible just because I want to experience being in a foriegn country and speaking the language. I do feel that many (certainly not all) Brits abroad (island race thing) do like to move en masse and try the colonisation thing.
Have to disagree (if we are splitting hairs) on the accommodation agency vs toour oprator thing as Ski Independence, La Garange and Peak Retreats all classify themselves as tour opertors being members of ATOL, AITO, and ABTA etc. The defining difference between the two is that if you book with their terms and conditions then they are a tour operator or principal . If they acted as an agency then you would be booking with the actual owners terms and conditions - but that is now splitting the hair several times over. I do take you point though. 
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The same place I am always a bore about...
Great Skiing
Great Atmosphere
Good food in town
Great Kids Ski school
No teenagers on blades
Very few accordions
but I wouldn't want to go there every holiday
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ami in berlin, Actually, in the Austrian resorts I have visited, Brits are the favoured guests (easy to please etc) followed by the Irish, the Germans, and then a long way down, the Russians. I guess this might be a generalisation  The only people I've found fairly obnoxious are Snooty Brits and wealthy Russians!!!! Sometimes, I think the Germans*still* have a problem with the whole war thing, but for me anyway, it's history.
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erica2004, Totally agree, obnoxious Russians and Brits that are up their own @rses!!! Met a few of both alas!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Grimentz, because it's heaven on earth 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Know Les Gets very well now and LOVE it. Pretty village, varied pistes (have only dabbled off-piste so far so cannot comment on that) and friendly locals. Great in summer too. Lovely restaurants on and off the mountain and just enough apres.
Have noticed though that there are more & more Brits & Irish about. Have to say though that (generally speaking) these are neither too snooty or other extreme (as experienced in Flaine this year) so only occasional cringing from me  . Most of the villagers will speak first in French still (in Flaine they spoke English and didn't seem to appreciate us making a reasonable effort in French which I thought was sad). Don't get me wrong, I like Flaine too for lots of other reasons.
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Go to Ischgl and there you will experience groups of ultra-pissed germanic males in various football tops (Germany and Bayern Munich mainly plus others) that make us Brits look truly erudite and sophisticated (granted this will be during certain weeks of the season).
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You know it makes sense.
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I like Alpe du Grand Serre:
1. There is hardly anybody there, even in February.
2. The people who are there are all very friendly and will start random conversations on the lifts.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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In some senses I agree with pam w that when I go away it is nice to mix with different people/nationalities/cultures and for me that is part of the appeal of going abroad, so for some hols I would look for places that are not over-run with Brits.
However, I really don't think Brits are the only people who behave badly on holiday, and as for acting like we Europe, I think we are far from the worst at that.
From the perspective of a property-owner/renter, our problem guests (in terms of how they treat the property, but also how they communicate with us pre and post booking and how they are with my local agent etc.) are not Brits.
As for my favourite resort, no idea, there are too many to choose!
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Poster: A snowHead
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I actually think we Brits are quite European and have more in common with the rest of Europe than we do with our American cousins. I have family in America, including a niece and nephew who were born there - but, on some level, I don't quite get 'America'.
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